#UNSOLVED SERIAL KILLERS IN AMERICA FULL#

#UNSOLVED SERIAL KILLERS IN AMERICA FULL#

вЂњShe was so full of life,вЂќ her grief-stricken mother told local newspapers.ДЄ map showing the locations of the Santa Rosa hitchhiker murders. Her family, who still believed Carolyn was hitchhiking around the state, submitted her dental records when they learned an unidentified teenagerвЂ™s body was found in Sonoma County. The coroner determined she died of strychnine poisoning. Her decomposing remains were found on July 31 on Franz Valley Road, just feet from where Maureen and Yvonne were discovered the year prior. вЂњDonвЂ™t worry too much about me, the only thing I'm gonna be doing is keeping myself alive.вЂќ It was signed, вЂњLove, Carolyn.вЂќД¬arolyn apparently lived with her grandmother in Garberville for a while before deciding to hitchhike to Modesto. Her parents found a note waiting for them at their Anderson, California, home. In February 1973, 15-year-old Carolyn left for school as usual she never arrived. вЂњThe mystery surrounding her death has always messed with my head,вЂќ brother Larry Kursa told the Press Democrat in 2011. Her cause of death was determined to be spinal cord trauma, possibly from jumping or being pushed out of a moving vehicle. Due to cold weather, her body was partially frozen and it appeared she had been killed one or two weeks prior. 14 in a ravine 50 feet off Calistoga Road in Santa Rosa.

Lori had a history of running away, and it was believed she initially left of her own volition to stay with friends in Santa Rosa. Lori, just 13, was reported missing by her mother in November 1972. Investigators believed it was an oil used in a machine shop, such as one that had metal-cutting equipment. There was one other odd clue left behind by the murderer: KimвЂ™s body had traces of a greasy residue.

and noon on March 24, the killer dropped her personal checkbook into a drive-up mailbox across from the Kentfield post office two fingerprints on the checkbook may have been the killerвЂ™s, the Press Democrat reported at the time. She had been sexually assaulted, strangled with a cord-like material and dumped naked in the ditch. KimвЂ™s body was found the next day on Enterprise Road near Glen Ellen. Friends said she was a frequent hitchhiker, which was not uncommon for young women at the time. She was carrying the barrel, which had red Chinese characters on it, when she was last seen hitchhiking near a ramp to northbound Highway 101 in San Rafael. She was a 19-year-old art student, described by friends as a 'pure spirit,' 'innocent' and possessing a 'child-like acceptance of people.' Earlier that day, sheвЂ™d made a trip to San FranciscoвЂ™s Chinatown to buy a wooden soy sauce barrel. No clothing was found, so it was assumed they had been nude when they were left about 66 feet from the road. Three days after Christmas 1972, their bones were found by two teenage hikers near Franz Valley Road. вЂњIt is obvious that they werenвЂ™t,вЂќ he told the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. According to YvonneвЂ™s stepfather, Santa Rosa police вЂњinsistedвЂќ the young pair were willing runaways. They were last seen sometime between 9 and 11 p.m. Maureen, 12, and Yvonne, 13, were friends and students at Herbert Slater Middle School in Santa Rosa.

Unsolved serial killers in america